Unitarity effects in DIS

Feb, 1997
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 405 (1997) 361-366
e-Print:
Report number:
  • MPI-H-V18-1997,
  • DFTT-24-97

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Abstract:
We argue that diffractive DIS, dominated by soft interactions, is probably the unique process which allows us to observe unitarity effects in DIS. Guided by a close analogy between the diffractive dissociation of a highly virtual photon and the elastic scattering of hadrons we propose a specific procedure to analyse the data in order to detect the onset of the unitarity limit. Lacking appropriate data, we use the predictions of a realistic model as an input for our analysis, to demonstrate that the output unitarity signal is sufficiently large to be detectable.
Note:
  • 12 pages of Latex, including 1 figure. Based on a talk presented by B.Z.K. at the Nevis Workshop on Leading Baryon Production, Columbia University, New York, February 1997 Report-no: MPI H-V18-1997, DFTT-24/97
  • talk: New York 1997/02/27
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • exchange: one-photon
  • photon p: interaction
  • diffraction
  • unitarity: effect
  • hadron hadron: elastic scattering
  • pi p: elastic scattering
  • numerical calculations